The men's 1500 metres event at the 1998 World Junior Championships in Athletics was held in Annecy, France, at Parc des Sports on 31 July and 2 August.
Medalists Gold Adil Kaouch Silver Benjamin Kipkurui Bronze Robert Witt
Results Final 2 August Rank Name Nationality Time Notes Adil Kaouch 3:42.43 Benjamin Kipkurui 3:42.67 Robert Witt 3:43.47 4 Kiyoharo Sato 3:43.62 5 Gabe Jennings 3:43.94 6 Colm McLean 3:44.79 7 Alastair Stevenson 3:45.39 8 Nelson Birgen 3:45.42 9 Hicham Lamalem 3:45.71 10 Daniel Zegeye 3:46.45 11 Ivan Heshko 3:46.71 12 Michael Öhman 3:47.04 13 Franek Haschke 3:47.10 14 Hamish Thorpe 3:51.80
Heats 31 July
Heat 1 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Gabe Jennings 3:47.76 Q 2 Kiyoharo Sato 3:48.27 Q 3 Colm McLean 3:49.64 Q 4 Florent Lacasse 3:51.48 5 Maurizio Bobbato 3:54.14 6 Lucky Hadebe 3:58.37 7 Daniel Moham Lekunutu 3:58.53 8 Franek Haschke 4:04.61 q 9 Sidi Mohamed Ould Bidjel 4:13.46 10 Cheng Pisey 4:40.80 Yousef El-Nasri DQ IAAF rule 163.2 Paul Fenn DQ IAAF rule 163.2
Heat 2 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Benjamin Kipkurui 3:50.89 Q 2 Hamish Thorpe 3:52.17 Q 3 Alastair Stevenson 3:52.26 Q 4 Mechal Gebreab 3:52.57 5 Nacer Benzine 3:53.46 6 Slavko Petrović 3:54.17 7 Filipe Pedro 3:55.09 8 Enos Matalane 3:55.42 9 Mohamed Al-Bayed 3:56.03 10 Daniel Abicht 3:58.70 11 Hicham Lamalem 5:25.07 q
Heat 3 Rank Name Nationality Time Notes 1 Adil Kaouch 3:45.79 Q 2 Nelson Birgen 3:46.60 Q 3 Robert Witt 3:46.79 Q 4 Ivan Heshko 3:46.93 q 5 Michael Öhman 3:49.51 q 6 Daniel Zegeye 3:49.93 q 7 Steven Barrus 3:50.04 8 Chris Bolt 3:52.10 9 Roberto Castro 3:53.89 10 Kamardin Andriantambezina 3:59.13 11 Kezang Dorji 4:59.11
Participation According to an unofficial count, 34 athletes from 26 countries participated in the event.
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